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WorksheetsSources of History
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 13mins
Symbols of kings and gods were punched on ________ in earlier times.
Toys
Coins
Pottery
Jewellery
Stories,songs,folk tales and poems are _______ sources of history.
oral
archaeological
Writing on walls,caves and wooden tablets are called as
artefacts
inscriptions
monuments
oral sources
Literary sources refer to written records that tell us about people and events of the past.
True
False
Historical sources are kept in
museums
stores
market
........................ is an example of the autobiography of the Mughal Emperor.
Akburnama
Baburnama
Rajatarangini
Identify which sources of history is shown in the picture above.
Fossils
Artefacts
Newspapers
Buildings
Identify which sources of history is shown in the picture above.
Myths
Buildings
Monuments
History is the study of the ----------
Past
Present
Future
All of these are types of written sources except...
Newspapers
Personal letters
Books
Oral songs
Pottery is an example of archaeological sources.
True
False
A historian depends on both archaeological and literary sources to understand the past.
True
False
We should not respect and preserve our sources of history.
True
False
Numismatics is the study of _______
Books
Maps
Coins
Bones
Read the following statement and decide whether it is a fact or an opinion.
“Mango is the best fruit”
Fact
Opinion
Which among these are Chinese travellers?
Bruce Lee & Jackie Chan
Fa Hien & Hiuen Tsang
Sun Tzu & Bruce Lee
Fa Hien & Jackie Chan
Historical sources are kept in ------------
Museums
Market
None of the above
Literary evidence consists of...........
Plays
Novels
Biographies and epics
All of the above
_____________________are information passed through verbal means or words of mouth.
Written sources
Oral sources
Writings
A document
____________________ are the working materials a historian uses in writing about the past.
History
Types of history
Sources of history
Storytelling
